Semi-iHJccklu Sribune,
IUA L. BARE, Editor and Publisher
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Entored at North Platte, Nebraska,
Postofftco aB Second ClaBB Matter.
TUESDAY, NOVEMHEH 27, 1017.
11E01STEKEI) JIBS CANNOT
ENLIST AFTKK DEC. IS.
After noon, Dccombor 1G, roglBtercd
mon will not bo allowed to enlist
voluntarily In the military or naval
aorvlco of the United States. Except
in tho following casos this rulo Is
emphatic:
"Upon presentation to a recruiting
offlcor of a certificate by his local
board to tho effect that his claim and
order number aro ao low that ho is
not within tho curront quota of his
local board, any registrant may
onlist voluntarily in tho navy or ma
rine corps, and thereafter, upon pre
sentation by tho registrant to his lo
cal board of a certificate of a com
missioned offlcor of tho navy or ma
rine corps stating that ho has been
so enlisted, such certificate shall V
filed. ::o::
Word has, boon received by tho Rod
Cross society that the soclotics of
Nebraska aro to furnish Forts Crook
and sOmnhii with all knitted goods
needed. Just now what is needed
most aro sweaters; so there is an ur
gont call for all sweaters in tho hands
of tho knlttprs to bo turned in as soon
"8 possible, Evory ono is' urged to
finish what they havo on hand and
start on more, knitting sweators es
pecially.
$iR,000 n Minute.
Rarorring to the statement that tho
Treasury Department Ib spondlng ap
proximately two billion a month for
war purports, or about ?4G,000 a
minute, Lo'sllo's Illustrated Weekly'
says: "Tho expenditures for laBt
month reached a total of only a Httlo
moro than a billion, but tho Oovorn
mont had not struck Its pace as a
world's champion coin dlsponsor when
thCBo records woro tabulated. It stag
gers the Imagination to hear that a
nation is getting rid of monoy at tho
rato of ?7GG a second, but oven these
amazing figures will glvo little com
fort to Borlln if tho kaiser's financial
experts carry tho problem In arithme
tic to a logical conclusion. It Is es
timated tht tho woalth Of the United
States amounts to $250,000,000,000.
Consequently, tho Amorlcan Govern
ment could throw away Its two billion
dollars a month for another ton years
boforo exhausting 11b last cent. As a
matter of fact, howover, tho two bil
lion dollars a month 1b going back
into circulation In this country almoBt
aa rapidly as It Is ralsod by taxation
and Llborty bonds. America has
loaned moro than1 $3,000,000,000 to tho
Allies, but nil this monoy Is being
Hpont In tho United States. For that
reason, ton years of war, instoad of
totally oxhaustlng the nation's wealth,
Would leavo tho Govornmont qulto
enough to go ahead with the big Job It
has undertaken. It Is. Inrcolv. a mat
tor of bookkeeping, as well aB a caso
of making book 'on tho Entente
against tho Tevton Hold.
Clinnco for Ingenuity.
Tho windy wostorn plains will bo
Interested In a coal conservation de
vlco 'proposed by Black Diamond, a
Journal or tho coal trado. When tho
wind blows, Bays this Journal, tho con
sumption of coal may bo doubled with
out adding grontly to tho heat gen
orated In tho honso. This heat Is
carried out by tho strong draft
through tho chlmnoy. Tho remedy Ib
a wlnd-controllod domnor or chock
draft. By either dovico tho draft Is
kept uniform by automatic ndjuat
mont of tho smoko pipe to the veloc
ity of tho wind, and tho wnsto by way
of tho chlmnoy prevontod. Wo aro
assured thut such a dovico can bo In
stalled at tho rost of ono month's aay
lng of coal. At current prices, ovary
shovelful Of coal saved mnkos n nit.
torlal difforonco In tho wolght of a
housohoklor't puro. Consumors may
feel Ilka exorcising tholr Ingenuity In
cheating Nobraalui winds of tho heat
thoy have beon extracting through No
hrnjHka ohlmneys State Journal. x
WE BUY YOUR HAY. GRAIN. SEEDS AND LIVESTOCK.
We stsll Coal, Flour, Graham, Whole Wheat, Corn
Meal, Corn Chop, Barley, Chop, Salt, Shorts, Bran, Tankage
mnd Cotton, Linseed and Alfalfa Meal, mixed Chicken Feed
and oil kinds of Grain.
Quality guaranteed and SERVICE THE BEST.
Lcypoldt & Pennington,
EAST FRONT ST. PHONE 99.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Man with family wants Job on farm.
Call or wrlto S. Workman. 01-2
Frank Ledgorwood, living on tho Is
land south of Maxwell, will soon sell
his personal property and romovo to
Elm Creek to reside
Mrs. Chris Paulson, datightor and
son returned Saturday from Omaha
whore tho boy had been taken to have
a medical examination.
Colonel Mnlvom-HIll Barnum, broth
er of M. K. Darnum, a former North
Platto district foreman, Iim boon pro
moted to bo a brlgadior-gonornl.
L)r. Morrill. Dentist
J. T. Keofo rcforecd ttio foot ball
gamo nt Gothenburg" Friday between
the high school of that placo and the
Cambrldgo high. The score was six
to six.
ATra Mnrv Pmnilori nf Mlnlllirnn PHv.
Ind., arrived Saturday and will nrob
nbly spend tho groater part of the
winter with her sister, Mrs. C. S
Clinton.
Owing to Boveral cases of small-pox
among tho pupils, tho South Bluff
school house, four mllos southeast of
town, has been closed, as has also a
Bchool further south.
Try Dr. Smith, the
Chiropractor.
GOtf
A deed filed Saturday convoys from
Hugh Crllloy to Amlol Rclchstpin tho
bw of Sec. 1, tho bVi of noyt and n
HcVi Sec. 2, and lot 1 of Sec. 11-14-31.
The consideration was $13,560,
Arthur Strahorn, who for a num
ber of years has boon a soli export
in tho employ of tho govornmont, ar
rived from tho west Friday and will
visit his parents until aftor Thanks
giving, T. C. Christiansen and family leavo
this week for Loa,, Utah, whoro thoy
will mako tholr future home. Mr.
Christiansen has been employed nt
this terminal for sovoral yearB as op
erator.
Hog cholora has dovoloped in sev
eral herds of hogs in tho near vicinity
of North Platto. Tho dlscaso Ib said
to havo started from stock hogs that
had boon shipped In from Denvor and
other points.
Fo- Ront Nlcoly furnished room in
modern homo. Phono Black 581. tf
O.it of a total of $1,800 ralsod In
'.bo Young Men's Christian Assocla
tlon drive In Garden county last Wed
nesday, Lewollen, a town of 260, and
vicinity raised moro than $1,400 and
claims tho record for the state.
Among tho mon who woro glvon
commissions nt Camp Snelling last
week was Frank M. Stuart, Bon of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stuart, of this city,
whoso rank is first Houtonant. Ho
will probably be called into sorvlco in
tho engineering corps.
Lost Fibro suit case on road be
tween Sutherland and North Platto,
containing ladles effects, koduk, dress.
Notify North Platto Tribune $5.00
reward. 90-2
F. J. Bremer has purchased tho Rob
inson proporty on oast Tenth Btreot,
tho salo being made, by F. J. Dontlor,
tho administrator of tho estate.
Harry Plzor, attending a commercial
school In Omaha, came homo Frldny
to visit his parents until after Thanks
giving. Articles of incorporation of tho C
H. Walter Co. wero filed last wook.
Tho Incorporators aro D. A. Baum, C.
II. Wnltor and J. G. Bcolor, and tho
capital stock Is ninety thousand dol
lars, stock to bo subscribed and paid
as needed. Tho business of tho com
pany will bo to own, buy and soli lund
and own, buy and boII llvo stock.
Dr, Mitchell, Dentist, announces tho
romoval of his dental offices to tho
First National Bank building. 87tf
Tho Omaha Beo of Saturday stated
that William Q. Klonk, of this city, was
ono of Bix Nobraskans who appealed to
tho presldont for exemption in tho
first draft and was domed tholr claim
Col, Jonos, tho auctlonoor, W. W.
Armstrong and Win, Gregg, nil of
tho Maxwoll section, transacted bus!
noss in town Saturday and mado Tho
Trlbuno a call.
Nothing will ndd moro choor to tho
hearts of tho Soldier Boys at Christmas
tlmo than a picture of tho homo folks
Mako tho appointmont today. s
88-0 BROOKS' STUDIO.
Today (Thursday) will soo tho finish
of tho boot hauling ut this station. W.
L. Chnussdo, who hr.s been doing tho
weighing hero, informs us that ap
broxlnmtoly 1.4G0 tons of tho Bac-
chnrlno product havo gono ovor the
HcnloB. Flvo hundrod tons uro still
piled at tho weigh Btatlon awaiting
tho arrival of cars for tholr romoval.
Sutherland Froe Lanco.
THK MORI" BRKA1)
AI BUTTKR THK
YOUNGSTER EATS
tho sturdier ho grows. And what n
lot most boys can got away with. Es
pecially If tho broad bo Bproad with
such dollclouti croamory butter as Is
to bo had horo. No wonder ho Hkos It.
You will too onco you tnsto it Try a
pound today and with Its first taste
you'll rosolvo that horoaftor no othor
Imttor will satisfy you. Trlco no high
er, but quality best
North Platte Creamery.
rnoNE C2.
An Electrically driven Sewing Machine guar
anteed for ten years.
Our price $35.00.
Come in and try it.
NORTH PLATTE LIGHT & POWER CO.
Charter No. 3490. Reserve Diet. No. m
Report of the condition of the
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
nt North Platto, in tho stato of Nobras-
kn, tit the close of luminous on Novem
ber 20, 1017.
RESOURCES
I. onus nnri dis
counts
I079.80C.34
4S7.57
Overdrafts unse
cured
IT. S. Imi mix (other tluin
Liberty IloniN of 1IU7)I
U. S. bonds de
posited to RO
curo circulation
(nnr value) .. .1100.000.00
U. S. bonds and
certificates of
tndobto d n o'h s
plodded to se
cure U. S. do-
posits (par val
ue V
1,000.00
Total U. S. bonds
(other than
Liberty Bonds)
nnd certificates
of Indebtedness
101,000.00
Liberty Loan
Hondo, unpieug
3 per cent
and 4 Dor cent.
33,446.00
IIoiuIn, NeeurltleN, ctc.i
uonus other than
U. S. bonds
pledged to so
cure postal sav
deposlts 15,000.00
Securities other
tluin U.S. bonds
(not Including
stocks) own
ed unpledged.
32,933.79
Total bonds, se-
sccuritlcs. etc.
47,933.79
Stock of Fedor-
al It o h e r v o
Bank (DO per
cent of sub
scription) ....
Value of bank
ing house ...
Equity In bank
ing' house
Furniture and
llxtures ,
Real ostato own
ed other than
banking house
Lawful rosorvo
with Federal
Reserve Bank
Cash In vault
4.G00.00
G0.000.00
co.opo.oo
4.2&0.00
766.00
4C.877.31
and notamount
duo from na
tional banks. 143,038.12
Net amounts duo
from banks and
bankers, and
trust compan
ies other than
Included In
Items 13. 14
nnd IB
Checks on other
banks In tho
satno city or
town as report
ing bank (oth
er than Item
17)
Redemption fund
with U. S.
Treasurer and
duo from U. S.
Treasurer
Interest earned
but not col
lected (approx
imate) ,
G.0DC.09
2,090.78
G.000.00 201,002.90
2,000.00
Total 11,135,235.60
LIABILITIES
Capital stock
paid In
Surplus fund ..
Undivided profits 13.478.0G
Lews curront ex
penses, Interest
and taxes paid 1,889.53
IntorcHt nnd dis
count collect
ed hut not
unrued (ap
proximate ......
Circulating notes
outstanding-, . .
Net amounts duo
to banlCH. bank
ers, and trust
companion
(oth- than ln
ccluded In SO
or 31) 79,297.03
Individual ds
poult h subject
to. check..... 516,100.53
CertinonUH of
$100,000.00
. 50,000.00
8,588.53
5.0l
0.00
100,000.00
dopoHlt duo in
lAtig than 30
days (other
than for mon
ey bol-rowed. SG.G17.73
Cortlflod olieokB 1,10,0.00
Oaithlera eheok
outstanding . . 4,151.01
Time dpOnlt
Bilbjoot to ro
sorvo (puynblo S
after SO days, -
or Hulijsct to SO
days or moro
notice and
poBtnl Bavlngs:
Certificates of
dopotdt (othor
than for mon
oy borrowed 215.G81.2G
I'otital savings
doposlts 9,549.94
Othor tlmo do-
posits 10,749.51
United HtntoH do
poalts (other
than postal
deposits
of U. H. dis
bursing olll
cera 1,000.00
CnBh Letters of
Credit & Trav
elers ' Checks
outstanding . .
700.06 871.C47.07
Total
....J1.135.2SC.00
State of Nebraska. County ot Lincoln ss
I, P. Ij. Moonoy, Cashier of the abovo
named bank, do solemnly swear that
tho aboro statement la true to tho best
of my knowledge and belief.
JF. I MOONSY, CMhUr.
Subscribed and sworn to beforo mo
this SCtMilay of Novombor, 1917.
;KV. GOODMAN, Notary Public.
'Correct Attest:
K. F. SEEBEnaEK.
HAY C. liANQPOnb,
JOHN J. UALLIQAN,
Directors.
COL E. L. JONES
AUCTIONEER
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Maxwell, Nebraska.
Phono mo or Maxwell
for dates at my expense.
State
Bank
Makes a specialty of farmland' pure
bred llvo stock sales.
W. A. CAUFFMAN,
AUCTIONEER.
Terms reasonable guarantee
satisfaction. For dates call
at any bank in North Platte.
R. I.
Auctioneer.
SUTHERLAND, NEB.
jiiivo a aviuo nc(iialiunnco union);
buyers. Phono mo at my expense Live
stock u Specially. Will also handle
Thoroughbred sales.
Xotlco to Non-Resident Defendant
Hyrdo stl. Johnson, dofondant, will
tko notice that on the 10th day of
July, 1017, Frank L. Johnson, plain
tiff, filed his petition lnt ho District
Court of Lincoln county, Nobraska,
against said dofondant, tho objoct nnd
prayor of which aro to obtain a dl
vorco from tho said dofondant on tho
grounds that tho dofondant willfully
abandoned tho plaintiff without good
cause for moro than two years last
past, and on tho furthor grounds that
dofondant committed adultery and
plaintiff has not cohabited with do
fondant since tho discovery of said
offonso.
You aro required to answer said no
tltlon on or boforo Monday, tho 31st
day of Decembor, 1017.
U20- PRANK L. JOHNSON.
N'otlco
To David Portor, non-resldont de
fendant: You aro horoby notified that
on tho 2Gth day of July, 1917, Lottlo
A. Portor filed a potltlon against you
in tho District Court of Lincoln Coun
ty, Nebraska, the object and prhyor of
which aro to obtain a dlvorco from
you on the ground of non-support nnd
extromo cruelty, nnd for tho custody
of the mjnor children, tho Issue of said
marriage tfiiiVlt: David Porter, aged
14 years; Korvln Porter, aged 12 years;
Dorothy Porter aged 10 years; Els
worth Portor, aged 7 years; Ruth
Portor, aged 2 years. You aro required
to answer said petition on or before
Monday, tho 31st day ot December,
1917.
LOTTIE A. PORTER,
By OEO. N. GIBBS,
n20-4w
Her Attorney.
The Nurse Brown Memorial
Homeopathic Hospital
1003 West Fourth Street.
For tho treatment of Medical, Surgical
and Obstetrical Patients,
JOHN S. TWINEM, M. I).
Geo. B. Dent,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special Attention given to Surgery
and Obstetrics.
Office: Building and Loan Building
Phones !
Office 130
Residence 115
1L
I) II. HAROLD A. FENNER
Ostcopnthi
Helton Building
Office hours a. m. to 6 p. m.
7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Phones
Office- Black 333 Res. Black 1U2U
Office phone 241. Res. phone 217
L. C . DROS T,
Osteopathic Physician.
North Pjatte, - - Nebraska.
McDonald Bank Building.
NORTH 'PLATTE
..General Hospital..
(Incorporated)
One Hall Block North ot Postoftice.
Phone 58
A modern institution for the
scientific treatment of medical,
surgical and confinement cases.
Completely equipped X-Ray
and diagnostic laboratories.
Staff:
Geo. B. Dent, M. D. V. Locas, M. D.
J. B. Redfield. M. D. J. S. Sirams, M.D
FARMERS
Talk to Me before employing your
Auctioneer.
COL. DICK HAYES,
IB SOUTH WILLOW ST.
DERRYBERRY & FORBES,
Licensed Embalmers
Undertakers and Funeral Directors
Day Phone 234.
Night Phone Black 688.
Sheep and Cattle
FOR SALE
Farmers this is the year and the
time of the yeur to get stock to eat
up your rough feed. I have on
hand and for sale 3000 feeding lambs
and ewes, and 500 cattle. Come
and talk to me. ,
C. H. WALTER,
NORTH PLATTE.
DOCTOK D. T. QUIGLI. ..
Practice Limited to
Surgery and Radium Therapy
728 City National Bank Building.
Omaha, Nebraska.
E. IV. FETTER,
Physician
X RAY
Offlco: 1'lrst National Hank Building.
Phono 308
ALBERT A. LAKE,
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2 Bolton Building
North Platto, Nobraska.
Big Prices for
FURS, HIDES
and all kinds of
JUNK.
Mixed Iron $6.00 per ton.
Clean Cast Iron $10 ner ton
Brlii); your Furs to mo beforo you ship
and get my price.
L. LIPSHITZ.
BIENER & KENNEDY
Real Estate, Fire, Tornado and Hall
Insruance. Special Agents Globe
LIfo Insurance- Company.
Corner Front and Dowoy Sts., Upstairs
I'liono Bed 572, North Tlatto, Neb.
Hospital Puoae Black (38.
House Phone Black 688.
W. T. PRITCIIARD,
Graduate VeterlaarlaH
Hlskt years a Gorenmaat Veterlaar-
laa. Hecpltal 218 soHta Locast St.,
oao-fcalf slock soutaweat el the
Court Hoot.
Strayed or Stolen
from my pasturo twolvo miles south of
Tryon somo time ddrl'ilg the season,
12 head of cattle branded as follows:
Roan, yearling heifer branded horse ,
shoo on right shoulder, ono branded
CO on left side, ono with oar lock
brand on right hip, seven head brand
ed with 10 on either right or loft hip,
hack saw on left sldo, lazy J on right
and somo with 7Y on right sldo; 'olio
with hack saw on left side and 10 on
right hip, one .branded thrdo 5 connect
ed onloft side.
Liberal rownrd wll bo pald for re
turn of cattlo or for Information lead
ing to their reebvory.
J. A. BANTA,
91- Tryon, Neb.
IS'otlco to Contractors
Directors of School District No. 55,
Sutherland, Lincoln county, Nobraska,
will receive bids at tho office of tho
secretary until 8 o'clock a. m., on tho
7th day of December, for tho con
struction of a now school building at
Sutherland. Heating and plumbing
to bo lot separately. Allblds to bo ac
companied by certified check for 5
of amount of proposal; 75 bond re
quired of successful contractor. All
proposals to bo sealed and addressed
to Geo. C. White, Sec'y., Sutherland,
Nebr.
Plnns may bo had at the Coates Lum
ber Co., North Platto, or at tho offlco
of tho secretary.
The right Is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
8G-G GEO. C. WHITE, Sec'y.
LIMIT 2000
OLD LINE ON
V
Soldiers and Drafted Men
GET YOURS TODAY.
J. E. SEBASTIAN. Stnto Mtrr.
Office: Brodbeck Bldg.
Phone Office Red 612
Residence Red 348
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
BLACK DIAMOND
DEHORNING PENCIL
For Sale at
A. F. FINK'S
Harness and Saddelry.
Every pencil will dehorn 50 calves
from 10 days to 10 months old for
$1.00.
A forfeit, of $5 for any calf that
fails to dehorn. Call and get one.
Phone Red 456.
Notice to Bond Buyers
Directors of School District No. 55,
Sutherland,. Lincoln county, Nebr., will
receive bids at tho office of the secre
tary until 12 o'clock, noon, on the 7th
day of December, 1917, for $36,000.00
school bonds bearing six per cent semi
annual Interest, bonds In denomination
of $1000.00 each and payable three
bonds each year commencing July
1st, 1922.
The right Is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
GEO. C. WHITE, Sec'y,
86-C School District No. 55.
Notice of Petition
Estate No. 1509 of Mary J. O'Hare,
deceased, in the county court of Lin
coln County, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska. To all per
sons interested In said estate take no
tice that a petition has been filed for
the probate of an Instrument purport
Inc to be the last -will
of said Mary J. O'Hare and for tho
appointment or Anna and Josie O Hare
as executors, of said will, which has
been set for ;hearirig herein on Novem-
uer du, iiv, at a o'clock a. m.
uated November 1. 1917.
OTCO. V -PPT?.MP.W-
nCn27 Countv .Tudeo.
. NOTICE EO citrcniTons
Estate No. Tf.11 nf t.ii,i,i tv..
deceased. In the County Court of Lin
coln. County, Nebraska.
The State of Nbraska, ss. Creditors
of said estate will take notice that the
time limited for presentation and Mink
?J 'n,18 nKalnst said estate Is March
i iur ueiuoment or salil es
tate is November 9. 1918; that I will
sit at the county court room In said
county, on December 14, 1917, at 9
o clock a. m., and on March 14, 1918, at
9 o clock u. m., to receive, examine,
hear, allow, or adjust all claims and
objections duly filed.
UJ'JU. K. FRENCH.
County Judge.
nl3dll
I.ECAIi NOTICE.
William Warren nnd tho unknown
heirs, devisees, legatees and personal
reDrosentatlvos of Willlnm Wnrrn o,i
all other persons Interested In the es
tato of William Warron; Joslo Warron.
and the unknown helrw, devisees, loBa
teos and personal representatives of
Josie Warren and nil other persons in
terested In tho estate of Josie Warron,
defendants, will hereby take notice thnt
un mo ii uuy oi tNovemoor, iui7, JSllza
Klsor, plaintiff. In an action wherein
tho said Eliza Klsor Is plaintiff nnd the
above named defendants, are defend
ants, filed her petition in the District
Court of Lincoln county, Nebraska,
ntfalnst said defendants and each of
thorn. Plaintiff alleges In her potltlon
that she Is the owner In fee simple and
In the possession of North one-half of
Lot 10 In County Clork's Sub-dtvlslon
of tho South one-half of tho Northeast
Quarter of section 32, In township 14.
North of ranjfe 30, West of tho Cth P.
M., except that part of Lot 10 lylnir
West of Lots 7, 8 and 0 In said Sub
division deeded to Antau Stenner.ns said
lot 10 Ib platted and of rocord In the
olllco of tho County Clorlc of Lincoln
ocunty, Nebraska, all located in Lin
coln county, Nebraska, and that tho
said plaintiff has boon in tho open and
adverse possession of tho samo as
npalnst tho defendants and as against
all persons claiming by or through tho
defendants, nnd ench of them, and
against tho whole world, for moro than
ten consecutive years last past"; the ob
ject and prayor of plaintiff's petition Is
to quiet title In tho plaintiff in nnd to
North one-half of Lot 10 In County
Clerk's Sub-division of the South one
half of tho Northeast Quarter of sec
tion 32, in township 14, North of rango
30, west Of the Cth P. M., except that
part of Lot 10 lying west of Lots 7, 8
and 9 In said Sub-division, deedod to
Anton Stenner. as said lot 10 Is plntted,
and of record in tho offlco of the Coun
ty Clerk of Lincoln County, Nebraska,,
and to exclude each and all of the said
defendants from all right, title, Inter
est, claim and demand In an to said
land of whatsoever kind or nature and
for such other and further relief as
may be Just and equitable.
You are further notified that said
District Court on the 8th day of Novem
ber, 1917, made and entered an order
permitting sorvlco by publication upon
each of the said defendants for four
consecutive weeks, as required by law.
And Bald defendants are further notified
that they are required to answer said.
Betltlon on or before the 24th day of
December, 1917.
- ELIZA KIBER,
By GEO. N. GIBBS
n!3d7 Her Attorner.